Fergus Finlay: Politics is not corrupt
By Anthony Sheridan The headline of the article was not only dramatic, it was 100% true. Politics is corrupt; public administration is corrupt, and democracy is dead Unfortunately, the author of the...
View ArticleLabour: In the same political sewer as Fianna Fail
By Anthony Sheridan I see ex Labour TD/Minister Kathleen Lynch is claiming that her party was punished for putting the country first. This puts her in the same camp as Brian Cowen and his gang of...
View ArticleShip of state sails into stormy waters
By Anthony Sheridan The party on the bridge of the ship of state was in full swing. The captain, his officers, first class passengers and the bulk of the media were celebrating the epic...
View ArticleColette Browne chases Rabbitte back down his burrow
By Anthony Sheridan Pat Rabbitte, despite a long and winding political career ranging from apprentice Trotskyite to passionate Capitalist, has always remained true to his unique form of debate....
View ArticleVincent Browne: Blind to what’s coming down the road
By Anthony Sheridan Vincent Browne caused a bit of a stir the other day with his claim that the country is suffering from the worst possible outcome of a general election. From an establishment point...
View ArticleElaine Byrne: Failing to join up the dots on state corruption
By Anthony Sheridan State corruption is rampant in Ireland and does enormous damage to the country and its people. The disease of corruption originated from and still thrives within the political...
View ArticleElaine Byrne: Not speaking full truth to power
By Anthony Sheridan Corruption expert Elaine Byrne and two or her colleagues, Hugh O’Connell and Barry J Whyte, recently wrote an extensive piece on the failings of the Standards in Public Office...
View ArticleOrwell’s 1984 arrives in 2018 Ireland
By Anthony Sheridan Here are some quotes I’ve taken from Wikipedia’s description of the George Orwell dystopian novel ‘1984′. An environment of omnipresent government surveillance and public...
View ArticleWhy the establishment media is silent on O Cuiv’s rebellion
By Anthony Sheridan Sinn Fein’s decision to field a candidate to challenge the current President has wrecked the cosy arrangement between Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Labour to keep their man in the...
View ArticleLabour Party: The unvarnished truth
Prior to 2016 election After the 2016 election By Anthony Sheridan Writing in the Irish Times recently about the continuing decline of the Labour Party, historian Diarmaid Ferriter asks: Is there...
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